Austria at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Austria sent a delegation to the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, and unsuccessfully tried to improve on the 23 medals (8 of them gold) won in 2004. 38 Austrian athletes competed in 8 sports as follows:^[1]

Austria at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	AUT
NPC	Austrian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.oepc.at (in German)
in Beijing
Competitors	38 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Christoph Etzlstorfer
Officials	Petra Huber
Medals Ranked 33rd	Gold 4 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medallists

Further information: 2008 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Thomas Geierspichler	Athletics	Men's Marathon - T52	17
Gold	Andrea Scherney	Athletics	Women's Long Jump - F44	9
Gold	Wolfgang Schattauer	Cycling	Men's Individual Road Time Trial - HC A	12
Gold	Andreas Vevera	Table tennis	Men's Singles - TT1	11
Silver	Wolfgang Eibeck	Cycling	Men's Individual Road Time Trial - LC1	12
Bronze	Thomas Geierspichler	Athletics	Men's 800 m - T52	16

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Points	Rank
Michael Linhart	T44	100 m	12.11	5	did not advance
		400 m	N/A				55.76	-	6
Günther Matzinger	T46	200 m	23.27	3 q	N/A		23.12	-	7
		400 m	49.43	1 Q	N/A		49.56	-	5
Thomas Geierspichler	T52	200 m	N/A				32.31	-	5
		400 m	1:00.86	2 Q	N/A		1:01.03	-	4
		800 m	1:59.39	3 Q	N/A		1:56.26	-
		Marathon	N/A				1:40:07 WR	-
Bil Marinkovic	F11-12 (F11)	Discus throw	N/A				37.24	910	6
		Javelin throw	N/A				46.44	949	4
Andreas Gratt	F53-54 (F54)	Shot put	N/A				9.62	990	5
		Javelin throw	N/A				18.48	701	10
Georg Tischler	F53-54 (F54)	Shot put	N/A				9.61	989	6
		Discus throw	N/A				21.70	789	9

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Points	Rank
Andrea Scherney	T44	100 m	14.49	3 Q	N/A		14.48	-	8
	F44	Long jump	N/A				4.82	-
	F42-46 (F44)	Discus throw	N/A				32.29	855	6

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Time trials & Road races

Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Class Factor	Factorized Time	Rank
Christoph Etzlstorfer	HC A	Road Time Trial	40:40.36 (+ 10:42.59)	-	-	6
Wolfgang Schattauer	HC A	Road Time Trial	29:57.77	-	-
Manfred Putz	HC B	Road Time Trial	22:44.88 (+ 0:38.65)	-	-	5
		Road Race	1:28:31 (+ 0:06)	-	-	4
Elmar Sternath	HC C	Road Time Trial	24:33.70 (+ 4:17.18)	-	-	9
		Road Race	1:27:35 (+ 5:55)	-	-	5
Helmut Winterleitner	CP1-2 (CP2)	Mixed road time trial	28:34.12	1.00000	28:34.12	11
		Mixed road race	49:47 (+ 4:42)	-	-	5
Wolfgang Eibeck	LC1	Track time trial	1:11.238	-	-	5
		Road time trial	34:52.20 (+ 0:10.58)	-	-
	LC1-2/CP4 (LC1)	Road race	1:46:13 (+ 0:10)	-	-	7
Manfred Gattringer	LC1	Track time trial	1:12.173	-	-	8
		Road time trial	36:26.50 (+ 1:44.88)	-	-	8
	LC1-2/CP4 (LC1)	Road race	did not start
Erich Stauffer	LC3-4 (LC3)	Track time trial	1:27.934	1.00000	1:27.934	18
	LC3	Road time trial	41:00.76 (+ 3:00.45)	-	-	10
	LC3-4/CP3 (LC3)	Road race	1:39.15 (+ 2:15)	-	-	13
Wolfgang Dabernik	LC3-4 (LC4)	Track time trial	1:31.787	0.95718	1:27.856	17
	LC4	Road time trial	47:57.44 (+ 9:10.65)	-	-	7
	LC3-4/CP3 (LC4)	Road race	did not finish
Alexander Hohlrieder	LC3-4 (LC4)	Track time trial	1:27.690	0.95718	1:23.935	14
	LC4	Road time trial	41:20.07 (+ 2:33.28)	-	-	4
	LC3-4/CP3 (LC4)	Road race	1:39.15 (+ 2:15)	-	-	15

Pursuits & Sprints

Athlete(s)	Class	Event	Qualifying		Final/ Bronze medal race
			Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Wolfgang Eibeck	LC1	Track pursuit	4:58.890 48.178	8	did not advance
Manfred Gattringer	LC1	Track pursuit	4:54.721 48.859	6	did not advance
Erich Stauffer	LC3	Track pursuit	4:06.174 43.871	7	did not advance
Wolfgang Dabernik	LC4	Track pursuit	4:40.614 38.487	7	did not advance
Alexander Hohlrieder	LC4	Track pursuit	did not start

Women

Time trials & Road races

Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Class Factor	Factorized Time	Rank
Anita Ruetz	LC1-2/CP4 (CP4)	Track time trial	49.884	0.85236	42.519	10
		Road time trial	50:25.44	0.94950	47:52.65	9

Pursuits & Sprints

Athlete	Class	Event	Qualifying				Final/ Bronze medal race
			Time	Class Factor	Factorized Time	Rank	Time	Class Factor	Factorized Time	Rank
Anita Ruetz	LC1-2/CP4 (CP4)	Track pursuit	4:56.779	0.89335	4:25.127	10	did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Horse	Class	Event	Result	Rank
Thomas Haller	Haller's Diorella	Grade II	Championship Test	59.727	14
			Freestyle Test	63.665	11

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athletes	Class	Event	Race											Score	Rank
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal
Edmund Rath Sven Reiger Helmut Seewald	3 Points 6 Points 4 Points	Sonar	13	8	11	11	13	12	11	7	12	12	4	88	13

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Class	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
			Score	Rank	Score	Total
Hubert Aufschnaiter	SH1	P1-10m air pistol	562	10	did not advance		10
		Mixed P3-25m sport pistol	561	8 Q	200.8	761.8	8
		Mixed P4-50m free pistol	522	11	did not advance		11
Werner Müller	SH1	R1-10m air rifle standing	580	14	did not advance		14
		Mixed R6-50m free rifle prone	571	35	did not advance		35
		R7-50m free rifle 3x40	1113	19	did not advance		19

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
			Score	Rank	Score	Total
Barbara Doppler	SH1	P2-10m air pistol	354	14	did not advance		14

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andreas Daniel Onea	SB8	100 m breaststroke	1:17.76	6 Q	1:17.71	6
Thomas Seidling	SB11	100 m breaststroke	1:30.65	13	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men
Individual

Athlete	Class	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/ Bronze medal contest
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Andreas Vevera	TT1	Singles	Cho (KOR) L 2-3	Kilger (GER) W 3-0	Fernandez (CUB) W 3-0	N/A		Lee (KOR) W 3-1	Cho (KOR) W 3-0
Hans Ruep	TT2	Singles	Vella (ITA) W 3-1	Espindola (BRA) W 3-1	Boury (FRA) L 0-3	did not advance
Manfred Dollmann	TT3	Singles	Knaf (BRA) W 3-1	Feng (CHN) L 1-3	did not advance
Egon Kramminger	TT3	Singles	Egbinola (NGR) W 3-1	Geva (ISR) L 1-3	did not advance
Günther Unger	TT3	Singles	Rawson (GBR) W 3-0	Silva (BRA) L 0-3	did not advance
Peter Starl	TT4-5	Singles	Durasinovic (SRB) W 3-2	Urhaug (NOR) L 0-3	did not advance
Stanislaw Fraczyk	TT9-10	Singles	Cieslar (CZE) W 3-0	Powrozniak (POL) W 3-2	N/A	Andersson (SWE) L 0-3	did not advance
Andreas Vevera Hans Ruep	TT1-2	Team	N/A				Brazil W 3-1	France L 1-3	South Korea L 0-3
Manfred Dollmann Egon Kramminger Günther Unger	TT3	Team	N/A				Brazil L 0-3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Doris Mader	TT3	Singles	Bertrand (FRA) W 3-0	Cudia (ITA) W 3-1	Pintar (SLO) L 2-3	did not advance

Wheelchair Tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
			Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Martin Legner	Open	Singles	Ikenoya (JPN) W 6-1, 6-0	Phillipson (GBR) W 6-0, 6-0	Vink (NED) L 4-6, 3-6	did not advance
Thomas Mossier	Open	Singles	Santos (BRA) L 6-7(2), 5-7	did not advance
Harald Pfundner	Open	Singles	Rydberg (USA) L 2-6, 0-6	did not advance
Martin Legner Thomas Mossier	Open	Doubles	N/A	Weekes - Dobbie (AUS) W 6-4, 6-1	Majdi - Peifer (FRA) W 6-3, 6-4	Saida - Kunieda (JPN) L 2-6, 1-6	did not advance

See also

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Austria at the Paralympics
• Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics